Boxes, What to do! (1 Viewer)

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All of my collection is displayed, thus I have the empty boxes in larger boxes in the attic.
A few months ago I had a sale for $2000 so it was worth my while to climb in the attic and find the appropriate boxes. I took all of them down and in my garage. I thought now is the time to sort them and mark them in some sort of order. WRONG, I just became overwhelmed, and said to h--- with it and back up in the attic they went.
I must have 70 large boxes. I somewhat sorted them by brands, but again it was just way to much work.
What do you guys do?
I have a few items I want to sell, but for a $100 dollars here another $100 dollars there it,s just not worth the effert.
Gary
 
gk5717 said:
All of my collection is displayed, thus I have the empty boxes in larger boxes in the attic.
A few months ago I had a sale for $2000 so it was worth my while to climb in the attic and find the appropriate boxes. I took all of them down and in my garage. I thought now is the time to sort them and mark them in some sort of order. WRONG, I just became overwhelmed, and said to h--- with it and back up in the attic they went.
I must have 70 large boxes. I somewhat sorted them by brands, but again it was just way to much work.
What do you guys do?
I have a few items I want to sell, but for a $100 dollars here another $100 dollars there it,s just not worth the effert.
Gary
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I hear you Gary, it is a pain but this is what I did. I numbered every carboard box that contains all the smaller boxes (I now have thirty large boxes) I then wrote a list of everything each box contains. Now if I need any box I look up what box number its in and go straight to it in the attic. I've also started adding pictures of every item listed in the book so my wife knows what to sell if anything happens to me. All this took a lot of time of course but now its done it makes it very easy to find any box up there.

Rob
 
My boxes are on cheap, wood Ikea storage shelves. Since I have mostly K&C, they are sorted into ranges like AK, 8th Army, etc. The other manufacturers each has it's own section on the shelves. The large AFV boxes are grouped together in each range and individual figure boxes are in cardboard banker's boxes.

It is very quick and easy to find a box

Terry
 
My TS boxes are all in larger brown cardboard boxes which I have labeled on the outside with the contents. Have tried to keep them boxed by manufacturer where possible. In some cases the boxes of a certain series are all together. It is the exterior labeling that is the real help. It only takes me a minute to find what I am looking for (in most cases:wink2:). Basic, but it works. -- Al
 
Like the opthers, I have "boxes of boxes." Since I rarely sell, they are completely unorganized! No good solution to this spinoff of collecting that I can find.
 
Whether it is the K&C AK series, K&C Rev War, JJD 1812 or whatever; the boxes for those figures are under the display / Diorama where the TS are set up. Since the diorama board (plywood) is sitting on a set of cabinets the space underneath is a perfect storage location. Like the others mentioned here, the TS boxes are in those large “build-them-in-30-seconds” cardboard file boxes that you get in and office supply store. They are easy to label and easy to move around.
 
Come on fella,s this is a toy soldiers forum not a box forum,which do you collect............................{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}
 
If you have the box for the KC limited edition winter Tiger, I'll buy it from you. PM me
 
wayne556517 said:
Come on fella,s this is a toy soldiers forum not a box forum,which do you collect............................{sm4}{sm4}{sm4}
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Yea, I agree (mostly) that this is supposed to be on Toy Soldiers, but the number of threads that are sorta' "off-topic " is interesting. Still the box is part of the whole package, I guess, and is as much of a storage / display question as the soldier itself. There is a lot of discussion on diorama material, paints, Styrofoam, cameras, lights and such … so boxes ?????

In the "believe it or not" {eek3} category, I once had a guy say that I sent him an incomplete item because the tissue paper was missing off of a AK19 driver figure.

And, I have seen some older K&C boxes sell quite well on eBay. Still, boxes are a boring topic so I will shut up@!
 
Larry Allen said:
Yea, I agree (mostly) that this is supposed to be on Toy Soldiers, but the number of threads that are sorta' "off-topic " is interesting. Still the box is part of the whole package, I guess, and is as much of a storage / display question as the soldier itself. There is a lot of discussion on diorama material, paints, Styrofoam, cameras, lights and such … so boxes ?????

In the "believe it or not" {eek3} category, I once had a guy say that I sent him an incomplete item because the tissue paper was missing off of a AK19 driver figure.

And, I have seen some older K&C boxes sell quite well on eBay. Still, boxes are a boring topic so I will shut up@!
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I was joking when i posted this,i keep all my boxes and there a pain in the "A" but when i shift i will be glad i have them+makes selling and shipping easier,imagine K+C,s dilemma with boxes etc and we all whinge about prices/retirements.
But if Andy ever needs a hand with stock take im in.........................{sm3}.
 
Just shoved in the loft not orgnised as some on here have done. out of sight out of mind is good enough for me
Mitch
 
K&C used to mark their figures with the set number plus a letter. So you always knew what you were handling.

**** shame they and other companies don't do that. They don't recognize the hassle.
 
Amazing....we all have an amazing accumlulation of STUFF and Boxes for the STUFF..... We have become "Slaves to Things"{eek3}{eek3}{sm4}
 
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